Examining the Mariners Rankings in MLB The Show 22

We ended up with some amazing specialty cards by the end of the year in MLB The Show 21. There’s also a hope that, at some point in this year’s edition, we could see some new legends in the game. It’s also been released that Randy Johnson is going to be in the game for the first time in DD, so time will tell if they have a Mariners card to go along with the Diamondbacks card that was originally in the trailer.

Here are the Mariners rankings for this season, though, along with the tiers that they fall into. Keep in mind, a lot of the prospects aren’t going to be on here yet as they will show up in later card releases and programs. So it’s only guys on the 40-man, or even only those that played in the majors last year.

• Robbie Ray – 85
• Marco Gonzales – 74
• Chris Flexen – 72
• Logan Gilbert – 77
• Drew Steckenrider – 74
• Casey Sadler – hurt, not listed
• Erik Swanson – 70
• Paul Sewald – 77
• Diego Castillo – 80
• Matt Brash – 64
• Luis Torrens – 68
• Evan White – 68
• Ty France – 78
• Adam Frazier – 78
• Abraham Toro – 74
• JP Crawford – 75
• Kyle Lewis – 76
• Jarred Kelenic – 72
• Mitch Haniger – 90/80
• Jesse Winker – 81
• Eugenio Suarez – 76
• Dylan Moore – 74
• Cal Raleigh – 65
• Tom Murphy – 74
• Julio Rodriguez – 68
• Noelvi Marte – n/a
• George Kirby – 61
• Emerson Hancock – n/a
• Levi Stoudt – n/a
• Harry Ford – n/a
• Alberto Rodriguez – 71

Nailed it!

Robbie Ray definitely deserves a diamond, and I’m glad he got one. Castillo has nasty movement, and deserves the 80 ranking. That Haniger 90 is a Face of the Franchise card, but it’s nice to see his normal card get recognized with an 80 as well. Winker has awful defense, so he gets penalized, although he is a gold hitter that RAKES against RHP. Seeing Gilbert at 77 shows that he does have nasty stuff that has to show in the game.

What were they thinking?

The game either got Julio and Alberto confused, or just really loves Alberto. There is no world that in the beginning of 2022, Julio Rodriguez should be ranked lower than Alberto Rodriguez. Sure, Alberto is a good prospect, but Julio is special.

You also won’t see a lot of prospects on here yet, as they prefer to save them for special releases later on. So, guys like Marte and Kirby will probably pop up over the next 4-6 weeks of game play as special “prospect” cards.

Now get out there and play (or buy) MLB The Show 22. Find a league, play RTTS, play franchise mode, or look up DeionValkyre and send me a challenge and we can play sometime.